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On Your Farm: Farming on Three Plots

Farming on Three Plots

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Anna Louise Claydon meets a young farming couple in East Kent.

Anna Louise Claydon meets a young couple in Kent who have to keep their livestock on three different plots of land in order to make their farming dream a reality.

Anna Louise Claydon heads out on an agricultural commute around East Kent with Chloe and David Wilcock, who have to keep their livestock in three different locations in order to make farming a reality. They're a first-generation young farming couple and together they drive 40-mile round trips every day, not including multiple journeys for calving, kidding and farrowing. Chloe and David took the leap and bought their livestock, despite the difficulty of finding land around Canterbury. Coming from previous careers in music, the couple learned how to farm on the job - creating their own company, 'Oink and Udder', selling meat boxes, goat milk and soap.

Anna Louise follows Chloe and David on their morning rounds with their two children and farm helpers, four year old Albert and two year old Douglas. With baby number three due any day, she finds out how Chloe manages the long journeys alongside motherhood, pregnancy and home-schooling. Along the way, she meets Emma Loder-Symonds at Nonington Farm and hears about her mission to help first-timers like Chloe and David find and manage land during difficult times. We find out how this inspiring young couple juggle the elements, a young family and a fuel crisis to achieve their farming dreams - on three different plots of land.

Produced and presented by Anna Louise Claydon

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